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San Francisco short-term rental regulations

The residency test, the 90-night cap on un-hosted stays, and the registration a San Francisco host needs before a platform will list them.

San Francisco
San Francisco: residency, registration and the 90-night cap

San Francisco's regime is the strictest of the residency-based models: you must actually live there, you must register, and the city audits the count of nights you were not home.

Updated 29 August 2026
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